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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04
GOV. FoRAKElps MESSAGE,
Il Synopsis Of the Document to be Sent (
INN the Legislature To-day.

Synopsis Of the Document to be ssnt ia
the Legislature To-day.
COLUMBUS, o Jan. 3.-The annual mes
sage Of Governor Foraker will ba submit
ted to tho Legislature on Tuesday. II
begins with CONGRATULATIONS, frat, over
business prosperity, which he attributes
to tho protective tariff OF the Republican
party; second, over the Pugaley law Of the
last session, which has secured fair elec.
tfons to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus
and Toledo. He favors the abolition OF
spring elections, and thinks runaway
officials" should be extradited. The poll.
cy OF a city should be governed by non.
partisan board. I1st.4I7 K '7s
Governor Foraker congratulates the
State on escaping labor riota, and be.
epssks Tor the demands Of labor q patient
and considerate hearing, that the labor
question Of Ohio may kept abreas. with
the progress OF civilization and the wants
Of clvillzsd society. Benevolent institu.
tions Of the State should be kept out OF
politics. Tho net revenues for 1887 are
estimated at Ss%,3O00000, which is $780,.
WV leha Ltlhll LIN loLal eSLlulAt6u expenses.
The Bnbjec Of tex ,tion is dealt with ut
length. The Governor recommends that
% percent OF the liquor tax 20 to the State.
The local debt OF Ohio now exceeds s53,.
010. 1000. A law saoald ba passed pro.
hiblting q debt beyond ten percent in
value. f7'2.7 lT 80 ". n
"a AS to the Dow law he says: "The law
hss been constructed to authorize sales by
manufacturers aud their agents in quaint.
ties not less than gallon in municipal
corporations where, uuder the provisionB
OF Section II of the Act, they have pro-
hihited ale. beer and porter houses, or
other places where iatcxicating LIQUORS
are sold. This ID an aggravation OF the
evil that tho provision was intended to
cure. Il should be amended so rs to pro-
hibit this practices. It is believed that the
law will when so changed give moro satis-
factory results to the people Of the State
than any measure relating to the liquor
trstlic that hss ever been enacted in Ohio.
Il is at losss due this statute from both
the friends and the enemies Of the liquor
traffic that it shall have fair trial"
The Governor compliments the Ohio
National Guard and recommends that
Ohio put q decent fence around the Con.
federale burial lois on Iohuson's Island
and in the cemetery near Columbus.
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j Still Of tho Sn,na Mind

sr. Ps7kRssCna, Jan. SIT ,ia semi
officially ststed that the Russian Govern
ment msinteinsthe same attitude towards
Bulgaria It adopted at the time Of Gen
eral kaulbars' recall from that country.
The return oil Prince Alexander to the
Bulgarian throne, it is added, might, how
ever, cause the Gar to renounce oil en-
deavors to effect. pacific settlement of
the criss lin Bulgaria and hsye recourse
to q military occupation of the country.
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ulE Fire Loss,

NEw YoRE, Jan. a. The New York
Daily Commercial! Bu!letin of January 4,
estimates the December Hte loss in the
United States and Canada at Sll, 200, 900
and the los, during 1856 at SllG,60O 900.
This is largely in excess Of previous figures,
both as regards the month OF December
and tho year Just ended. =, M
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Sr. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3.-The Journal dc
81. PttersJoury denies the stories that the
Czar is insane, and charecterizes as falso-
hoods the several actions attributed to the
Gear referred 10 as illustrating the nature
OF his malady. The Journal dencunces the
Pesther Lloyd newspaper Of Pesth ior pub
lHhing "such 'absurdities." a5'''s
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An Iu,lIn,i Suicides,

WABASH, IND, Jau. S,-Charles God
troy, OF Miami county, son Of Gabriel
Godfrey, chief Of the only remaining tribe
OF Miami Indians in this State, resided
with his isther, and recently had 9 falling
out with his mo.her-in.law and attempted
to kill her, but was not successful. He
has aince been very dependent. Yeater-
day ho took sAot gun, told his folks that
he was going hunting andIwould soon re.
turn. When q few feet from the house
he discharged both barrels OF the weapon,
blowing OF tho top Of his head. He leaves
q Wifa and Child. ......... ~. .l.-l N. ~ l.-
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Seventeen Sailors Drowned.

LONDON, Jan. 3.-The British steamer
Dragoman, which collided with and sunk a
ship off Bardsey, was from Liverpool for
Cardiff. She returned to the Mersey after
the collision. Her bows are stove In aud
che is otherwise eeriouBly damaged. The
name OF the sunken ahip was the Duke Of
Connaught. She had crew Of q men,
aud II OF these were drowned.
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plend Not Guilty to Murder.

( Sioux Cry, Iowa, Jan. Sin the Dis.
trict Court to-day John Arensdorlf, Fred
Munchrsth, j., Paul H.. Leader, Harry
sherman and Albert koscbnitski plena
not guilty OF the charge OF numbering Rev.
Or. Haddock, and were given further time
to pleEa on The charge OF conapiyacy.
Sylvester Grauda plead not guilty to
charges Of conspiracy and murder. 5S
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Bank E,amlner serbia Removed.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. s.-The Sec
retary Of tho Treasury to-day directed the
removal Of Mr.. a. NJ. Serbia from the Of,
fee Of Bank Examiner at New York. lie
refused to resign at tho request OF the
Comptroller OF the Currency. MIR. V. P.
Snyder. the newly appointed examiner
left Washington Sunday with instructiona
to take charge ofthe Office. 5,.5 "a.
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Must aIuzzle Churchill.

LONDON, Jan. s--Tho Standard says it
is certain that the Government, with Mr..
Goschen i1 oiics, will bo a, strong So it
was before Lord Randolph Churchill re-
signed. 1t trusss to the good aense OF
Lord Randolph and his special friends to
restrain him from providing fresh and uu.
foreaeen troubles. .}
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Now York Aldormen Organic /,

NEws YoRx, Jan. 3.-Presidcnt Henry
R. Beekman called the new Board OF Al
dermen TO orde. at noon to-day and ad-
dressed tho members in congratulatory
terms in regard to their duties IN Office.
Alderman Pat" Diver was reelected
Vice President, and Capt. F. D. Twoney,
CLERK. Mayor HeSitt'd message was read
70 the B,ard. He announced his iuten.
ton to thoroughly invea:igate tho a!ieged
abused in the city departments and to re-,
form wherever necessary.
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Tho LoSn,, Fund.

WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 3.-Captain
George. E, Lemon today received from W.
K,Vtnderbilt 0 subscription Of $1,000 for
the Logan fund, Cornelius Vanderbilt
$1,000, and from Edwin Cowles $500.
Capt. Lemon to-day purchased 10000 Of
four and Is halt percent United States
honda on account CT the logan fund,
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A FoLicEMAN's c9NFEs51oN.


Leo's Church, attended them in their
cells. Hewaa strongly impressed by thsir
a:atsmenta. One night tho priest was
summoned to the death.bed of Police
Captain Kennedy. Then d terribly dra.
matte scene took place. The dying man
fixed his eyos upon the face Of the gant;e
pastor and confessed thSt he believed
Font and Poole were innocent OF the mur.
der. He said that the matter lay on his
consclencs and thai he could not die
easily without doing al in his power to
right the great wrong. Captain Kennedy
begged the priest to have them pardaned
il he could. He said that he thought
Noble had perjured hinsslf in ordey 10
make good case. As \ Christian he
wanted to die fe"llng tina. Font and
Poole would be re!eased.
To Governor Cornell Mgr. Dacey hur-
sied With this desthhed confession. Moth.
ing came Of it. When Governor Glove.
land was elected the priest again went To-
Albany. The Governor promised to ex-
anime the facts. Iu the early part OF 1884
Editor William F. G. Shanks Yas working
up the subIact OF jury. fixing. He
Stumbled across the case Of Poole and
Font. Becoming interested Mr.. Shanks
called upon Governor Cleveland in order
to urge pardon. Mr.. Cleveland said that
il it could bs shown that the Jury had re.
commended the men to the mercy of the
Court hewould pardon them. Mr.. shanhs
then hunted up tho foreman Of the jury
and got the names OF the other eleven
jurors from him. Among those upon
whom be called for aIdavits wcsa Henry
Hazelton, the wealthy piano manuiac.
tqrer, Of No. 81 University Place, and ].
W. Hartley, Secretary Of the United States
Illuminating Company. IL I'M
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04

IT would havo been strange enough II
nobody had discovered that the physl.
clans bluadersd In ths treatment Of Gen.
eral Loz gan. ltwas tho same 10 Gar6eld's
Gaze aud in Grants. This ie tho price a
physician pays for treating distinguished
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Plry the Tory party, which cannot
maintain itseli in power without boost
from the hated Liberal party. II Punca
fools like 1t ho can hsvo lots Of fun out Of
this si!uatinn. sftalti9 4J7t,&bE
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NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y; Jan. 3.-A man
dressed in q dark suit OF clothes committed
suicide here this evening by jumping f,om
the railway suspension bridge into tho
IapidD Of Niagara river, diatanco Of 1o5
feet. 7lSS 1}3sf,lT !,.I5..sE:.5 2.
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LONDON, Jan. s.-Six soldiers woso
killed by q gas explosion in the Cam
bridge basrackr, Portsmouth. Twenty.
one were found and extricated from the
ruins Of the barracks. All OF the rescued
were more or less injured. e: !.
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WELCOME PARDONS
COME TO rwo LIFE coSvlcrs
In Sing Sing rrlsoa-scnt to tho penitontary
vi bJ n Dotoctlve, who Perjared Himself,
e and Bogus Jurymen - Denthbed
Confession II n Police Captain.

NKw YoRx, Jan. 3.-Some one fount
John Ryan dying at 4 o'clock in thf
morning Of April 20, 1877. Hs lay on the
sidewalk opposite No. SO Leroy street
Ills skull was fractured and his pocket
were turned inside out. While policemen
were carrying him to the station house he
died. William Poole, Joseph Font and
James keenan, were seen in tho imme.
diate locality that night. They were ar.
rested and indicted. A policeman named
John Noble, who was detailed to detective
duty, hid himself III cell when Font and
Poole were first arrested. He sTors that
he heard Poole accuao Font OF having
given away iac!s to the police. He slso
awore that Poole told Font that lle threw
certain stick in Abe river. A bloody
handkerchief was found In Poole's pocket.
Ho said tho blood came from his nose.
Poole and Foat,were convicted OF murder
in the second degree, tho Jury recon.
mending mercy, and Recorder Hacset.
sentenced them to imprisonment for life.
Keenan, was released. Both OF the men
called upon God to witness that Noble
committed perjury in order to gs. up a
reputation as a police detective. They
passlonately protested their inuocence,
and declared tina. no such conversation US
Noble awore to had taken place. Blu. all
their protestationa were In va'u, and they
were hurried or in their youth and vigor
to living grave. Only Blk months ago
Fonts venerable mother died broken
hearted. Poole's wife died not long after
he Was inprigoned, h
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04

ClSciNsAri burglars havo the correct
vlews Of lie. They gently remove
tho safe, and in their cooler moments
blow 1t open. :" They don't die on the
premises." ."..
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04

TIE Baltimore K Onio locomotive en-
gineers and The company have Bhown the
good ssnss. to n.range their difficulties
without break in their relations. This
is bsLter than y strike. galm.'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04

FT. WAYNE, 1Np., Jan. 3.-The coolest
night and day this winter have just passed
and tonight promises to be just US cold.
All o'clock this morning the thermome-
tor marked q degrees below, and at Val.
paraiso it WAS 1S.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-04
Nrltew,

WATEETowN, n. Y Jan. SIN several
places in This county this morning the
thermometer registered 40 degrees below
zero, which is the coldess weather oil the
aaaaon. -
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Ghe :Qtttelliqelren:
once, No.. w and " Fourteenth Street.
In thess win.ry days natural gas earns
its keep several times over. S- l
AN Indian having committed suicide,
we ishall probably hear no more Of his
supposed incepRcity to ial! in with the
methodu OF our civii'z1tion. sl7r

OuR impression is that tho Republicans
are goiug to be heard from In this Legis.
lature. II may be remembered that thoy
did the State Ennc perv'c, two years ago.
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In relation to this inquiry, the commit
teo says: III the returns from which tho
above summary is constructed may be re-
lied on lsnd the committee has bsen care.
full in aelecting only returns that appeared
upon their faco correct) tho ratca charged
ior local freight arc evidently levied on
the somewhat general principle Of what
tho traffic will bear. In Maasach
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JURyMEN WHO wEEE BOGUS.

tue Jury. Mr. onansH theory OF the
whole jury syatem sas that many rich
men paid the Sheriff g deputios ior ex,
emption from Jury duty, and that the
deputies in such cases produced conven.
lent friends who were glad TO personate
the real Jurors and pocket the States So a
day. At this time Mr.. Hill BECAME Gov.
ernor and Mr.. Cleveland turned the case
oyer to him. A few days later Mr.. C!eye.
land said to Monsignor Ducey: i-s r.l
1t is my opinion as a criminal lawyer
that there is no evidence Of a murder hay.
ing been committed, and il Ryan was
pllsdeFed tAers y no EVIDENCE that these
young men are guilty" I|-''' :
Tho case WAS vehemently urged upon
Governor Hill, who was very slow to act,
Mr.. Shauks Says that the Governor ex-
planned his delay by saying that he sent
for VIM. F. Howe, the lawyer hired by the
prisoners TO defegd them. Mr.. Howe, the
GoYernor said, had told him, that hs be,
lieVed the prisoners to be guilty; that
Poole might possibly bs innocent, but the
guilt OF Font wsu nndouhted. Mr.. Shanks
went to Noble several months aso. He is
no longer policeman. Noble produced
the notebook in which he said he wrote
down the talk between Poole and Font at
the Tina 1t teok playa, He then told MI.
Shank that in his opinion the conyersax
ton between the two prisoners might have
been about some petty o1ense and have
bad no bearing upon the murder at all.
An affidavit Was prepared, a4d Noble, It
is said, offered to Sign it II his lawyer WaH
sstisded. His lawyer declinedto Let him
sign the affidavit unless some assurance
was given tha. nothing in the cass should
reflect upon Noble. As no asaursnoa
could be given the affidavit was not eigned.
But Mr. 'Shauke informed Governor Hill
Of what had taken place. \ q
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THE PARDON ARRIVED.

AA~ts oAoA0a ca pSoloA W uo az tlle pElEOu
with the pardon in the morning. Hs did
not arrive until 3 O'clock in the afternoon.
Then Warden Brush ordered Poole and
Font to 60 to the tailor shop aud select
their clothing. They picked out dark col
oTed suits, derby hats and comfortable
navy blue overcoats. Then they appeared
in the prison office. a@'' i15
Poole is q short, spare young man, with
a strong, clean cut profile, dark gray ewes
and firm chin. He is very Intelligent
looking, and usss words vol. Fou. is a
short, thick.set, ruddy man OF thirty.one
years. He Is lame. Both men stood with
their faces to tho deck while tile prison
clerk asked them their names, ages and
ofIenses. Poole said he was AL oysterman
by trade, that his health was poor when
he came into the prison, hu. was good
now. Font said he was q typomaker, and
that big health was also improved. !,
"Did you use liquors freely before your
imprisonment? ~ d, &. a,aI'a5I
"fes," answered both men. ie74ji.ts
The clerk handed each man S5.a2 mile
age and Warden Brush gave S. more on
behalf Of tho agent Of tue Prison Asaocis,
tion. Then the, clerk handed each his
pardon, saying solemnly, tfSit9sag s. 3,
Here ID your pardon. Guard 1t with
great care. It restores you 10 cit:s snship,
and is the sole proof you have II
They hugged the papers, and, unfolding
them, discovered the big golden seal oI
tho State and tho little cramped signature
OF David 3. Hill, who announced that he
"pardoned, romised and releaaed them
and restored them !"so all their rights ol
citizenship" without any condition.
No man can tell how full my heart i,
now" said Poole, "unless he has beer
through this" ss9Ijtfgl4i 5t5l a -,1.s9
J Years ago Poole saii that when he wa!
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-02-11

very happy, for I see I am not forgot
ten, as 1 feared" ''You begin to look
like mine old Hilda again." said Frau
lein joyfully, as she fastened of.
So st. Valentine brought Joy to the
ugly room with the green curtains and
brilliant carpet; and made Hilda quite
forget the distasteful hangings, as she
lay surrounded by her dainty SOU
venirs. But the climax was reached
when on the Fraulein's return from
Madam Vernon's, she found hung on
the knob of the door, a rustic cage, in
which were curled up the gray and
white1 kittens, labeled: 1.-TWO little
loves from St. Valentines Land "
Hilda fairly screamed -:
when the brio' WIN ueIlghI
- --snU eyes and pink noses
-r,ped over the edge of the basket, and
received her pets with open arms, who
proceeded at once to make themselves
as fascinating as possible, by boxing
| each others ears and chasing their own
tails, IN the most engaging manner.
whoever could have thought of such
a lovely, funny valentineP" cried
Hilda, as she sank back weak with
laughter. II shall never be blue OF
lonely now with these tricksy elves to
amuse me-" While the happy aunt,
remembering what the doctor had said,
sobbed, Scott in Himmel be thanked
that the little diversion has come at
last"
And so it proved, for the pranks and
antics of those kittens would have pro-
voked a smile from the sternest anchor
| lite; and from that 18th of February the
| girl began to improve. at is an i'm
| position" stormed the Herr Doctor, in
mock rage, ''those little cats do more
goOt than all my pills, and pOtions. I
viii wiring their ilnpudent necks." But
the haxen-haired German lassie only
| laughed in his face, Rugged her furry
treasures tighter, and grew stronger
and roster every day. The secret as to
| the real donors of the valentines soon
| leaked out, and it came to be quite the
| fashion with Madam Vernon's boarders
to spend an afternoon every week with
Hilda Won Hillern, and watch the
capers of the ''Cupids" who learned q
variety of tricks, and became very ac-
cOmplished pussy-cats. And when the
! May blossoms were in bloom, Hilda
came back to school and was warmly
welcomed by her class.
II can never thank you good young
ladies enough" sobbed Fraulein to the
four friends, 3" for without your valen-
tines, the Herr Doctor says, my sweet
heart would surely be a white angel
now. They rouse her and take her out
I IL L -
There is a French prOverb," said
Madam Vernon, who stood by, (which
says, the doctor amuses the patient
while nature effects Il cure" The little
kittens have been Hilda's best physi-
clans, by amusing her, and she I'M
doubtedly owes her recovery to nature
and Myrtle Madron's Valentine. -
| american AqriculturiSt.
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REFORMED CONVIcTs.
risOners Who Learn to Love Their Little
PenitentIary Cells.

brooklyn Eaglel
''You would hardly believe it, but many
Of our 'boarders' desire to remain, even
after their terms have expired said one
of the keepers of the Kings County
Pcnitcntiary to 4 reporter 'Long-term
prisoners Of both sexes learn to love their
7X3-fcet cells. For instance: In the fe-
male ward we have two or three life
prisoners. These have bC co ne so accus-
toned to the rules AMI equations OF
prison life that hardly t. n they would
escape if an opportunity WIS offered them.
AS you see, they have decorated and fur
nshed their cells, and have eyidcatly made
up their minds that they have come TO stay.
And then there is another class of prison
ers, who, knowing that they would be un-
able TO earn an honest living outside, pre-
fer to remain here where they receive
good treatm ent and enough to eat"
Said prominent Brooklyn police Of
tcial:
Il have long contended that a home
should he provided for ex- convicts, where
they coald go when released and earn an
honest living. Such a home could be es-
tablished on the outskirts of Brooklyn,
New York or any other large city. The
men, and, ~ fact, the women, could be
employed in manufacturing industries,
ana thus be free from the black-mail
levied by heir fellow convicts."
How blarlz-1HailH' the reporter asked.
Il VIII tell you. Convicted felon5 sir
ing to reform often travel many miles
from the scenes of their crimes. They
are unable to obtain work unless they
suppress the fact that they. have been in
prison. I know many instances in which
convicts having settled in some Western
city, where they were leading an honest
life. have been tracked and exposed by
fellow-convicts. Such men have been com
peeled TO pay heavy blacl1maiI, or else be
exposed and di3graced. In case man, an
cx-convict, has been leadinga straight life
for five years in town where he has
made new friends and associations, 1t is
rather hard that he shou Id be compelled to
lose every thing, simply because at one
time he has been crooked. Men of this
stamp, Who have been exposed, at once
give up all hope, and return to their for
mer life -